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Map to Book Place, 1608 Grant Avenue, Novato
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Hours:
Tuesday-Saturday, 10-4 pm.
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Donations accepted Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
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Phone:
415 209 0212
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Our mailing address is:
​Friends of the Marin County Free Library
3501 Civic Center Drive, Suite 414
San Rafael, CA 94903
We are a nonprofit 501(c)3 group of volunteers dedicated to making our library system and its programs the best they can be. Anyone who enjoys the pleasure of a good book or the myriad of benefits and services of the library should be a friend. Our non-profit tax ID is 23-7098721. Our email address is: mcflFriends@gmail.com.
The Friends work with library staff to sponsor:
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New! The Friends are proud to partner with First 5 Marin, the Marin County Office of Education others to bring The Dolly Parton Imagination Library to Marin children ages 0 to 5. Families must register their children.​
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Entertainment, education, and connection for local communities through book clubs, lectures, storytimes, movie nights, and crafting classes.
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Internet and technology access, computer literacy skills, and support for indifiduals, businesses, job seekers, and entrepreneurs.
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Conversation clubs in Spanish and English for adults learners and bilingual storytimes for children.
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Give away books for children to keep and cherish Last year over 1,500 new books were given to children in partnership with First 5 Marin.
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On the Wall Art Lending programs.
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The Shop at South Novato and the Lab at Marin City, with hands-on learning and acitvities for all ages.​
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The Dolly Parton Imagination Library launches in Marin
Children 0-5 can receive free monthly books in the mail, funded by Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, State of California, First 5 Marin, Marin County Office of Education, the Marin County Free Library, and others. Friends of the Marin County Free Library is the local program partner. In 2023, California passed legislation to match 50% of the local cost for all books for five years.
Since launching in 1995, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has become the preeminent early childhood book gifting program in the world. The Imagination Library mails more than 2 million high-quality, age-appropriate books each month to enrolled children from birth to age five. Dolly envisioned creating a lifelong love of reading and inspiring children to Dream More, Learn More, Care More, and Be More®. The program has been widely researched and results demonstrate the positive impact on early childhood development and literacy skills.​
June at The Book Place
Summer! More time to kick back and read! This month, we help you and your budget with our Fiction Sale; all contemporary fiction and our Sci-Fi books are featured at $3 each (regularly $4-5) for hardcover and trade-size paperback. Small Sci-Fi paperbacks are 50c each.
If movies are more your idle time activity, we just received a HUGE donation of DVDs, and we’re selling them for $1 each, or 3 for $2. They’re going to move fast, so don’t wait too long. Sale ends when the donation has been sold off.
Remember, the Novato Library will be closed starting June 17. Get your fix just around the corner at the Book Place, and support your library while you indulge!
